Open AccessPractice guidelines for ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation for hepatic malignancy
Author(s) -
Ping Liang,
Jie Yu,
Ming-De Lu,
Baowei Dong,
Xiaoling Yu,
Xiaodong Zhou,
Bing Hu,
Mingxing Xie,
Wen Cheng,
He Wang,
Jianwen Jia,
Lu Gao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i33.5430
Subject(s) - microwave ablation , medicine , percutaneous , malignancy , ablation , radiology , ultrasound , thermal ablation , liver cancer , interventional radiology , clinical practice , ablation therapy , surgery , cancer , medical physics , nursing , prostate cancer
Primary liver cancer and liver metastases are among the most frequent malignancies worldwide, with an increasing number of new cases and deaths every year. Traditional surgery is only suitable for a limited proportion of patients and imaging-guided percutaneous thermal ablation has achieved optimistic results for management of hepatic malignancy. This synopsis outlines the first clinical practice guidelines for ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation therapy for hepatic malignancy, which was created by a joint task force of the Society of Chinese Interventional Ultrasound. The guidelines aim at standardizing the microwave ablation procedure and therapeutic efficacy assessment, as well as proposing the criteria for the treatment candidates.